A planed “Nord Stream 2” pipeline will hurt the EU’s security and help Russia control the bloc’s energy markets, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk opined on Thursday.He called on the EU Commission “to seriously get into the issue” and prevent Russia from facilitating “a...

Ukraine is hoping for a closer cooperation in transport and wants help in carrying out massive reforms in the forestry industry, the Latvian Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma (Unity) and Ukrainian PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk told Latvian Radio Friday. …read more Source:...

Lithuanian investors face problems in Kazakhstan as tax authorities in the Central Asian country, which has been affected by Western sanctions on Russia, use all possible means to raise additional budget revenue, the business daily Verslo Zinios reported on November 6th, reports LETA/BNS. …read more Source: The Baltic...

Pensioners queue in order to register for WFP aid. Filip Warwick With freezing nights fast approaching in eastern Ukraine, most of the 1.4 million internally displaced persons (IDP’s) will seek humanitarian assistance this coming winter. The figure, according to the European …read more Source: Radio France...

On Thursday, November 5, the Heads of Government of the Baltic States and Ukraine met in Riga to discuss the EU-Ukraine relations, the European security policy and the fulfilment of the Minsk Agreement, as well as the reform process in Ukraine, reported BC press secretary to Latvian Prime Minister Aiva Rozenberga. …read more Source: The...

The latest hip-hop hit in Russia is a bass-speaker-shaking tribute to the ex-KGB officer who has ruled the country for over 15 years. “My best friend is Vladimir Putin,” raps Russian star Timati, in a slick video released in October in honor of Putin’s 63rd birthday. In the background, rappers in Putin masks chill on Red Square. “The whole...

The crises Europe has faced since the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, highlight the EU’s limits in working speedily together. But this is not to say we are unable to work together. The unprecedented and historic consensus in response to the grave violations of international law in the Anschluss of Crimea...